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Sustainability Architect Spring Update – Ileyas

My name is Ileyas and I am one of the four Sustainability Architects this year. I am a second year Politics student, so naturally my interest is in democracy and other political concepts. As a result, my aim at the beginning of the role was to explore ways in which I can fuse my area of interest with the need to embed sustainability in the University’s student population. After liaising with Claire, the sustainability manager, we agreed that my key objective would be to embed sustainability through encouraging higher student participation in democratic initiatives, such as voting in local elections and campus-wide elections.

In my action plan, my main aim is to create an event for like-minded individuals who have an interest in a variety of issues, be it democracy, sustainability or just people who want to have a positive influence on our community. This forum would not only be for students at the University of Leeds, but also encompass the community in which our University is apart of. Other angles from which I hope to achieve my objective, involves working in collaboration with LUU on their variety of events focusing on the upcoming EU referendum, and using that opportunity to steer students towards sustainability and the ways in which politics and sustainability are interlinked.

If you haven’t registered to vote for the EU referendum yet, follow this link!